Software Developer
Location: US, NY, New York
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Industry: Internet
Function: Information Technology

Company profile:
Gust is a global platform for the sourcing and management of early-stage investments. Gust enables skilled entrepreneurs to collaborate with the smartest investors by virtually supporting all aspects of the investment relationship, from initial pitch to successful exit.We are a smart group of 30+ employees located in Chelsea, New York City. In our office, you’ll find an open layout of people that are energetic, move quickly, speak 10 languages, and collaborate incessantly. Breakfast on Mondays, lunch on Wednesdays, Company happy hours, and full-day outings are woven into our social fabric.We have fun, but are serious about providing the best experience for our users. Together, we make it happen. We recently won the 2014 SIIA CODiE Award for Best Business Directory and previously won 2013 and 2012 SIIA CODiE Awards For Best Collaboration/Social Networking Solution. Gust also won the UK Government's inaugural 2013 GREAT Tech Award for Best Finance Technology Start-up. Other awards that Gust has won include the 2012 SWIFT Innotribe Most Innovative Financial Technology Company in North America and Breakthrough Angel Product of the Year in 2011 by EBAN (the European Business Angel Network association). Our goals are clear, our ambitions are high, and our team is stacked.If you are interested in joining the Gust team, please select one of the current openings to apply.

Job description:
Gust, the award winning industry-leading platform for funding startups, is seeking a Software Developer for web application and ruby development.As a Software Developer, you will be working with a lean, agile, Pivotal Labs trained team ready to strengthen our approach to building products for investors and entrepreneurs.  We want you to align the overall development efforts in coordination with product management and impact the growth of the team’s processes. We're looking for brilliant software engineers who have development experience and familiarity with Ruby on Rails. The right candidate is someone that eats, drinks and sleeps agile based, fast track, full stack pair programming and wants to build cutting edge products with Rails.  Your core responsibilities include developing web applications, working directly with product teams to manage requirements, pair programming, refactoring, and participating in team activities. Programming in Ruby on Rails, javascript (particularly jQuery) with a test-driven and behavior-driven development approach is key.  Good candidates will have significant experience with web application development using a variety of languages and tools and have strong opinions on how to write code.If the following description sounds like you, you are going to love being a part of our team. You have strong passion for high-quality software and the ability to deliver product in an informal, agile environment.You prefer a whiteboard brainstorming session to written specifications.You don’t require management oversight to produce results. Once you have some direction, you take responsibility for the work at hand and have the initiative, imagination, and motivation to get it done.You like to learn from others, and to share knowledge and best practices.You have excellent deductive reasoning, problem solving, and decision-making skills. When it’s necessary to compromise to meet a deadline, you’re confident you can make the right decisions to achieve a balanced result.You have a positive attitude with excellent interpersonal/communication skills. You’re happy working both independently and with others in a multi-team setting.You’re not comfortable unless you’re at the top of your game. When you’re not at work, you’re tinkering with new technologies or catching up on ideas from industry thought leaders. You might even have your own blog and/or tinker on open source projects in your spare time.You’re passionate about developing high quality features and value automated tests to the same degree as feature code.

Requirements:
Software development experienceExperience in one of the above languagesLinux experienceSQL DB skills (we use Postgresql)Experience with source code control (we use git)Passionate about Agile development and XP practicesDetail orientedSelf-motivatedStrong communication skillsNICE TO HAVESProfessional software development experienceExperience in Test Drive Development (TDD), automated builds, and continuous integrationFamiliarity with startups and early stage investing

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